Donald Trump scored a decisive victory in the New York State Republican presidential primary Tuesday night.

According to the Associated Press, with 96 percent of precincts reporting as of 1 a.m. Tuesday, Trump had 60 percent of the vote in the primary.

Ohio Governor John Kasich had 25 percent of the vote, while Texas Sen. Ted Cruz had 15 percent.

Trump, a billionaire real estate developer, was expected to win the contest after dominating a number of polls leading up to the primary.

He led by 43 points over Cruz and Kasich in a NY1-Baruch College poll released last week.

In a victory speech Tuesday, Trump said he hopes the victory will send a message to Cruz, his chief Republican rival.

"We don't have much of a race anymore based on what I'm seeing on television. Senator Cruz is just about mathematically eliminated," Trump said. "We've won another state. As you know, we have won millions of more votes than Senator Cruz."

Heading into Tuesday's primary, Trump led Cruz by nearly 200 delegates in the race of the nomination.  

Ninety-five GOP delegates were up for grabs in New York, with 1,237 needed to win the Republican nomination.

Trump will hold two events in Indiana and Maryland Wednesday. Maryland will hold its primary next Tuesday, while voters in Indiana will head to the polls on May 3.

Meanwhile, Trump's rivals are already looking ahead to the next round of contests.

John Kasich was in Maryland Tuesday night, another one of five states in the Northeast holding primaries next Tuesday.

Earlier, he discussed his strategy for winning the nomination, even though he's far behind.

"It's all about accumulating delegates going into the convention," Kasich said. "Because now, everybody has figured out that we're actually going to go to a competitive convention, an open convention. Now some people say, 'Well, shouldn't the guy that has the plurality or whatever be the one that gets picked?' Well, look, we have rules. If you can't hit the magic number, then, you know, you didn't get enough."

Cruz was in Philadelphia Tuesday night and will be in Pennsylvania again Wednesday.